Performance on 3 - Philharmonia/Salonen

Presented by Petroc Trelawny Viktoria Mullova joins the Philharmonia in Stravinsky's Violin Concerto, with music by George Benjamin and Bartok. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts. Stravinsky wrote his Violin Concerto in 1931; it is one of the masterpieces of his neoclassical style, with fast toccata-like movements separating two more lyrical arias. Bartók's great Concerto for Orchestra of 1943 was a product of his exile in New York, but is imbued with the folk melodies of his native Hungary that he spent so many years researching. The concert opens with a celebration for George Benjamin's 50th birthday year: his Dance Figures, nine choreographic sketches for orchestra dating from 2004 Philharmonia Viktoria Mullova, violin Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor Benjamin: Dance Figures Stravinsky: Violin Concerto Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra Followed by recent performances by the students of the Sibelius Academy, Finland, Including music for Romantic French horn. Song by Toivo Kuula: Kesäyö kirkkomaalla (text V.A. Koskenniemi) Tiina-Maija Koskela (mezzo-soprano) Lotta Emanuelsson (piano) Brahms; Cello Sonata No 2 in F Tuomas Ylinen (cello) Martti Rautio (piano) Songs by Toivo Kuula: Tuijotin tulehen kauan (text Eino Leino) Suutelo (text Aarni Kouta) Tiina-Maija Koskela (mezzo-soprano) Lotta Emanuelsson (piano)